[arch-general] Upgrading from linux 4.0.0 to 4.0.1 without reboot
Dan Haworth
dan at xigen.co.uk
Wed Apr 29 16:26:02 UTC 2015
On 29/04/15 17:21, Chi Hsuan Yen wrote:
> On 30 April 2015 at 00:08, Dan Haworth <dan at xigen.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> On 29/04/15 16:50, Chi Hsuan Yen wrote:
>>
>> According to my understanding, 4.0 just implements the groundwork required
>> for rebootless patching of the kernel, there's still a lot of work to be
>> done to implement this in the long run - specially for a desktop system. I
>> wouldn't plan on seeing true no reboot patching of the kernel for a while
>> yet.
> Thanks a lot Dan, and it's obvious that I misunderstood something. I've
> looked into several technical or non-technical descriptions, but seen
> nothing about how to really activate the feature, such as commands or
> configuration files, but potential benefits from it. As a result, I think
> such a process takes place automatically without user intervention. After
> all, thanks all for the quick response!
>
Always happy to help! One article I did find gave a good overview of
this new kernel
patching was
http://www.pl-enthusiast.net/2015/04/14/dynamic-software-updating/
Could be a good read :)
Dan
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